This may be heresy, but I just re-watched Band of Brothers in SD for the fourth time (the first time upscaled by my A2 on my 42" Aquos). It wasn't HD, but it sure looked great. I was entirely satisfied. I don't think I need to re-buy this.

I'll be in more of a dilemma when they release the widescreen version of From the Earth to the Moon in HD.

This may be heresy, but I just re-watched Band of Brothers in SD for the fourth time (the first time upscaled by my A2 on my 42" Aquos). It wasn't HD, but it sure looked great. I was entirely satisfied. I don't think I need to re-buy this.

No doubt. But I'm not sure it's going to be a big enough increment to justify what will undoubtedly be a very expensive multi-disc set. The existing DTS surround sounds very good, and a lot of the footage was shot in such a way that, while it will of course technically be improved by an HD transfer, in the watching will still be (intientionally) grainy, shaky, and washed out.

No doubt. But I'm not sure it's going to be a big enough increment to justify what will undoubtedly be a very expensive multi-disc set. The existing DTS surround sounds very good, and a lot of the footage was shot in such a way that, while it will of course technically be improved by an HD transfer, in the watching will still be (intientionally) grainy, shaky, and washed out.

Oh, I know, I'll see it and immediately change my mind.

to each their own i suppose... i'll only pass on the bluray if the price is too high

No doubt. But I'm not sure it's going to be a big enough increment to justify what will undoubtedly be a very expensive multi-disc set. The existing DTS surround sounds very good, and a lot of the footage was shot in such a way that, while it will of course technically be improved by an HD transfer, in the watching will still be (intientionally) grainy, shaky, and washed out.

This may be heresy, but I just re-watched Band of Brothers in SD for the fourth time (the first time upscaled by my A2 on my 42" Aquos). It wasn't HD, but it sure looked great.

I remember I rented Band of Brothers for the first time on SD DVD when the PS3 got DVD upscaling capabilities. I remember thinking to myself "this is the first time I've watched an SD DVD and actually thought it looks near HD." The intros to each episode with interviews of the actual members of Easy Company looked especially good. I still don't really get that impression from other SD DVDs, although O Brother Where Art Thou was pretty good as well.

Still, I've never owned it on DVD so it's a no brainer for me...I'll be getting the Blu-ray.

Anybody else worried this could be an april fool's joke? I am EXTREMELY cautious this time of year to get excited when I see cool news. I despise april fools jokes as I have been burnt in the pass on seeing great news, being on cloud nine, and then hearing the stupid news that it was a joke.

This may be heresy, but I just re-watched Band of Brothers in SD for the fourth time (the first time upscaled by my A2 on my 42" Aquos). It wasn't HD, but it sure looked great. I was entirely satisfied. I don't think I need to re-buy this.

I'll be in more of a dilemma when they release the widescreen version of From the Earth to the Moon in HD.

God I just don't understand this mindset. I could never be like that. I have to have the best version available. Especially for a huge series like this.

God I just don't understand this mindset. I could never be like that. I have to have the best version available. Especially for a huge series like this.

You're obsessed. Of course you don't understand.

My benchmark is whether I think the poorer PQ and/or AQ will materially interfere with my enjoyment of the content -- and whether the difference is worth the cost. In this case, unless the BD set is <$50 (yeah, right) I can think of things I'd rather buy, unless there's something else compelling about the new set.

But this is HBO. I expect the set to be at least double what I'm willing to pay.

I have plenty of DVDs that I won't be upgrading to HD. Hell, I still watch a couple LDs. It's not the presentation, sometimes, it's the content.

I have the SD DVDs and the HD DVDs. The beauty of BoB is that it does have everything. Great story, characters, cast, overall the best battle sequences of any movie I've seen, a definite step-up from SD in PQ and an excellent soundtrack.

It ain't ignorance causes so much trouble; it's folks knowing so much that ain't so

Anybody else worried this could be an april fool's joke? I am EXTREMELY cautious this time of year to get excited when I see cool news. I despise april fools jokes as I have been burnt in the pass on seeing great news, being on cloud nine, and then hearing the stupid news that it was a joke.

I have BOB on HD-DVD, and I was very sceptical about the HD-DVD being much better than the SD-DVD. It is, and is actually demo quality. The picture and sound are awesome! The sound is DTS-HD according to my Onkyo 805 from my XA2, so it might be even better when it is on Blu Ray, but time will tell.

If someone had come up to me before the format-war was over and offered me BoB for...well under 300$ i would have bought it straight away. But knowing it will come to BD and probably a lot cheaper im going to wait.

I'm watching the series now on dvd. The picture quality was terrific for dvd in the first four episodes. But since episode 5 I'm getting more and more disappointed. The action takes place in the winter, and cold fog visible in most shots makes the picture very grainy. I even thought for a while that my Oppo 980H stopped working properly. But in episode 7 there were a few examples of absolutely atrocious digital noise. For example, somewhere between minutes 28 and 29 Lt. Speirs talks to soldiers and when the camera shows a soldier's face there is so much noise that it's painful to see. If you ever heavily underexposed a photo and then tried to bring shadows back in Photoshop you would get this kind of noise.

Has anybody noticed this problem? Is it my dvd copy? It looks just as bad on Panasonic BD30.